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I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Age: 39 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 15
Died: 1968
Died: April 4
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My parents would always tell me that I should not hate the white man, but that it was my duty as a Christian to love him.
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Nonviolent action, the Negro saw, was the way to supplement, not replace, the progress of change. It was the way to divest himself of passivity without arraying himself in vindictive force.
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Without love, there is no reason to know anyone, for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors, our children and our hearts.
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